Daily Economic Reports

US stocks are currently hovering around their record highs. They are poised to end the longest weekly winning streak in six years. With a 0.1% decrease in morning trade, the S&P 500 is now 1.7% behind its all-time high from early in the previous year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, …

WTI tried to regain some ground on Thursday, it was moving back above $72.50, before settling at $71.88 per barrel as at the time of writing, yet it is still up by some 2.61% Crude prices are still well below their previous peaks. Investors continue to have doubts that output …

In a stark contrast to her US Federal Reserve counterpart, Jerome Powell, the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has reiterated that borrowing costs will stay at record highs despite weaker inflation projections. In spite of the fact that price pressures are still high and inflation will shortly recover, ECB …

Gold price, eventually, abandoned daily lows and climbed above the $2000 level. The precious metal benefited from sinking Treasury bond yields after FOMC’s statement had signaled dovishness with projected interest rate cuts in the new year. Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, stated that the Fed is committed to achieving its mandates …

For the third meeting in a row, the US central bank is anticipated to hold interest rates steady. Decisions are taken meeting by meeting, and officials maintain that data is the primary source of information.After raising rates to their highest point in more than 20 years in less than a …

It indeed seems to be a busy week for central banks, with several major ones scheduled to report on their monetary policy decisions. The Federal Reserve (Fed) is set to lead the way with its two-day meeting starting on Wednesday, followed by the European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of England …

The US Dollar Index is trading with losses below the 104.00 mark, with a -0.23% decline around the 103.850s mark. Investors are awaiting the Fed’s interest rate decision on Wednesday, which is expected to announce a continued pause on interest rate increases, leaving rates unchanged. So, markets anticipate the Fed …

On Thursday, the Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged and to maintain its higher-for-longer stance. UK economists believe the Bank of England will use this week’s interest rate decision to warn that borrowing costs will need to remain high well into 2024, dampening growing bets on …

On Tuesday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the most important inflation measure, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for November. Economists and researchers from some major banks forecast that the core CPI will stay constant at 4.0% YoY while the headline CPI will decrease slightly to …

After hitting a high of 4,606.31, which put it within one point of its 2023 peak, the S&P 500 stayed close to the flatline, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 24 points, or 0.1%. 0.15% was added to the Nasdaq Composite. The unemployment rate unexpectedly decreased in November, from …